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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 SW 130
Type of record:Monument
Name:Ring ditch

Summary

Ring ditches/cropmark. Four ring ditches visible as cropmarks.


Grid Reference:TR 345 535
Map Sheet:TR35SW
Parish:NORTHBOURNE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • RING DITCH (Unknown date)

Full description

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TR 345536. Cropmarks of ring ditches, Northbourne, seen on aerial survey of 1972. (1)

Description from record TR 35 SW 168:
Two small ring ditches at NGR with larger circular feature at TR 34595351. (1,2)

Additional Reference (3)

Four single ditch circular features are visible as crop marks in an aerial photography taken in March 1977, three north of Betteshanger Road and one to the south. (4) The features are thought to be ring ditches and their internal diameters vary between 7m and 19.5m.


<1> SJAP 284 (OS Card Reference). SKE49482.

<2> AP (CAP BJK 99; 10 7 72) (OS Card Reference). SKE33323.

<3> Chris Blandford Associates, 2002, Betteshanger Colliery & Spoil Tip Environmental Impact Assessment: Volume 2 Environmental Statement (Unpublished document). SKE8361.

<4> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, NMR TR 3453/1 NMR 1123/58 14-MAR-1977 (Graphic material). SWX15711.

<5> AP (NMR TR3453/1; 14 3 77) (OS Card Reference). SKE34027.

<6> AP's NMR 262 (OS Card Reference). SKE34320.

<7> KARU Record Card DV 305 (OS Card Reference). SKE45509.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: SJAP 284.
<2>XYOS Card Reference: AP (CAP BJK 99; 10 7 72). [Mapped feature: #60768 cropmark, ]
<3>Unpublished document: Chris Blandford Associates. 2002. Betteshanger Colliery & Spoil Tip Environmental Impact Assessment: Volume 2 Environmental Statement.
<4>Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. NMR TR 3453/1 NMR 1123/58 14-MAR-1977.
<5>OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR3453/1; 14 3 77).
<6>OS Card Reference: AP's NMR 262.
<7>OS Card Reference: KARU Record Card DV 305.